Close But No Cigar Lyrics

Lyric discussion by jimboa18 

Cover art for Close But No Cigar lyrics by Weird Al Yankovic

This song is a pretty nice piece of satire and social commentary - it's about how goddamn picky people (women in particular) people are these days in selecting a permanent spouse. Anything less than absolute perfection is not good enough for some people, which is ridiculous because no one could ever be perfect.

We might chuckle because he sings about rejecting fantastic women because they say a certain word, like a certain movie or have a tiny physical imperfection, but people break up over even stupider reasons. Good job, Al, it's about time someone pointed out how idiotic dating standards have become these days.